What is the most common complaint against Hosto & Buchan, PLLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Hosto & Buchan, PLLC is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Threatened to sue you for very old debt". This is based on 21 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Hosto & Buchan, PLLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Hosto & Buchan, PLLC are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Hosto & Buchan, PLLC's reputation grade?

Hosto & Buchan, PLLC has a reputation grade of C (score: 60.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Hosto & Buchan, PLLC respond to consumer complaints?

Hosto & Buchan, PLLC has a 95% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 29% of cases.

In how many states does Hosto & Buchan, PLLC operate?

Hosto & Buchan, PLLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 7 states, with the most complaints from Arkansas (7 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Hosto & Buchan, PLLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

4
Taking/threatening an illegal action

3
Written notification about debt

2
Communication tactics

2
Disclosure verification of debt

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record hosto-buchan-pllc Hosto & Buchan, PLLC

Grade C · 21 CFPB filings · 95% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #1854 · compose #2259

VOL 21
GRADE C
12MO 1
STATES 7
TIMELY 95%
DISPUTE 29%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #1,854
COMPOSE #2,259

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: A & E Futures LLC (21 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Hosto & Buchan, PLLC's 21 CFPB complaints sit next to A & E Futures LLC on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

State-heavy filing map

33.3% of Hosto & Buchan, PLLC's CFPB filings land in Arkansas

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Arkansas 33.3%; 7 of 21 filings · 7 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2015-04 14.8%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Corpus ranks: #1,854 volume; #2,259 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does Hosto & Buchan, PLLC compare to its peers?

How does Hosto & Buchan, PLLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Hosto & Buchan, PLLC National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

95%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

29%

50%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2015-03 2025-06

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	4
Taking/threatening an illegal action	3
Written notification about debt	2
Communication tactics	2
Disclosure verification of debt	2
Improper contact or sharing of info	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
False statements or representation	1

Where do complaints against Hosto & Buchan, PLLC come from?

Hosto & Buchan, PLLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Arkansas

7
Tennessee

7
North Carolina

2
Texas

2
Arizona

1
Kentucky

1
Mississippi

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Hosto & Buchan, PLLC: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 21.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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